Citation

Helmes E, Bush JD, Pike DL, Drake DG. Brain Cogn. 2006; 62(3): 206-213.

Affiliation

School of Psychology, James Cook University, Australia. edward.helmes@jcu.edu.au

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.bandc.2006.05.004

PMID

16781039

Abstract

Script analysis as a test of executive functions is presumed sensitive to cognitive changes seen with increasing age. Two studies evaluated if gender differences exist in performance on scripts for familiar and unfamiliar tasks in groups of cognitively intact older adults. In Study 1, 26 older adults completed male and female stereotypical scripts. Results were not significant but a tendency was present, with genders making fewer impossible errors on the gender-typical script. Such an interaction was also noted in Study 2, which contrasted 50 older with 50 younger adults on three scripts, including a script with neutral familiarity. The pattern of significant interactions for errors suggested the need to use scripts that are based upon tasks that are equally familiar to both genders.

Language: en